Dignitas Infinita Archives - New Ways Ministry

How Galileo’s 17th-Century Theology Can Help the Church Better Understand Gender Today

May 15, 2024/6 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

Galileo was condemned as a heretic because he believed—rightly, as we know now—that the sun rests at the center of our planetary system. . .The Vatican shouldn’t make the same mistakes it did in the 17th century again in the 21st. Read More

Pope Responds with “Open Heart” to Pro-LGBTQ+ Parents’ Critical Letter

May 11, 2024/2 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Sarah Cassidy

With what he called an "open heart," Pope Francis has replied to group of Catholic parents with LGBTQ+ children, which had written to the pontiff about Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican's transgender-negative declaration on human dignity published last month. Read More

In Church Documents on Gender Identity, Where Is the Compassion?

May 6, 2024/13 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Deacon Ray Dever

But the church's refusal to engage with the facts about transgender individuals also brings with it something else that concerns me greatly: a stunning lack of compassion. Read More

Graduate Students Criticize “Dignitas Infinita” in Open Letter to Pope

May 3, 2024/2 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Higher Education, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Liam Myers

An open letter to Pope Francis has been published by Catholic students, theologians, pastoral ministers, educators, and others that expresses their “concern” with portions of the Vatican's new declaration on human dignity, Dignitas Infinita. Read More

Pope Provides Sr. Jeannine a Clarification of “Dignitas Infinita”

May 1, 2024/17 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sr. Jeannine Gramick

I wrote a note to Pope Francis to tell him about my sadness and my disappointment with the use of the concept, “gender ideology.” Read More

Vatican Deprives Transgender People Means of Survival, Writes Theologian; More News

April 23, 2024/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In the two weeks since Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican's declaration on human dignity that included negative sections on gender identity and transitions, was released, numerous commentaries about it have been published. Posts yesterday and today have featured some of these commentaries, more of which are included below. For all of Bondings 2.0’s coverage of the declaration and its reception, click here. Read More

Archbishop Negatively Compares Gender Transitions to Alcohol Use During Pregnancy

April 18, 2024/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Phoebe Carstens

The Archdiocese of Detroit has issued new policies concerning gender identity, joining dozens of other U.S. dioceses which have already implemented transgender-negative restrictive rules. Read More

Gender Identity Should Be on Synod Agenda—And It Is Now, Writes Paul Elie

April 15, 2024/2 Comments/in Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Criticism and commentary about Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican's transgender-negative declaration on human dignity, has continued steadily in the week since the document's release. Today's post features insights from Paul Elie, a senior fellow at Georgetown University, who published his criticisms in The New Yorker. Read More

“I Wish the Vatican Would See My Inalienable Dignity,” Says Trans Catholic; More Reactions

April 13, 2024/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features more reactions to Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican declaration on human dignity released last Monday that sharply condemned "Gender Theory" and "Sex Change." Read More

Vatican’s Doctrine Chief on Criminalization Laws: “When I Read Them I Wanted to Die”

April 12, 2024/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

At a press conference to release the Vatican's new declaration on human dignity, which made headlines for condemning gender theory, the top doctrinal official also made positive comments about homosexuality. Yet, he doubled down on the declaration's anti-transgender aspects, too. Read More